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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, one of the leading figures in the German Idealist movement.

The Impact of Idealism

06 Sep 2012

German Idealism changed the world and influenced politics, science, art and numerous other fields. The ways in which it shaped the modern world have...

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Dr Andy Martin

Beauty and despair

11 Jun 2012

A high level inquiry reported last month that more than half of the British public has a negative body image. Cambridge academic Andy Martin reflects...

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Jean Paul Sartre on the beach

Locked in combat: two French thinkers slog it out

31 May 2012

“Hell is other people,” wrote Jean-Paul Sartre. His rival on the stage of occupied and post-war Paris was Albert Camus (“I am the world”). The two...

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Healthcare

Visions of future healthcare

23 Mar 2012

On 14 March, academics and members of the public gathered at Emmanuel College to hear a panel of distinguished speakers discuss their personal...

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Composite of Wittgenstein's face, along with those of his sisters

Wittgenstein’s camera

05 Jul 2011

To mark the 60th anniversary of his death, an exhibition exploring Wittgenstein’s experiments in photography, and how they relate to his philosophy...

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Wittgenstein's grave at the Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge.

Unpublished Wittgenstein archive explored

28 Apr 2011

An archive of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s original work throws fresh light on the workings of a brilliant mind.

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Dalek

EX-TRA-PO-LATE! Moral philosophy and the Daleks

19 Apr 2011

They’ve had viewers cowering behind the sofa since ‘Doctor Who’ began – but what exactly is it that makes people so frightened of the Daleks? A new...

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Cloud computing

Cloud computing and the philosophy of trust

05 Apr 2011

Some of the world’s finest minds in academic philosophy are debating the impact of the internet and cloud computing in Cambridge this week.

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Leigong's Handbook c. 1590s

Chinese food for thought

31 Mar 2011

Chinese food contains a hidden recipe for living, a new analysis reveals.

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Digital trust

Trust on the wild web

18 Mar 2011

Philosopher Tom Simpson asks: can we build a trustworthy and safe Internet?

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Cooke

Donation is music to University Library’s ears

09 Aug 2010

Cambridge University Library has taken delivery of the personal archive of musician, broadcaster and writer Deryck Cooke (1919-1976).

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THE V&A : London - South Kensington - ENGLAND : United Kingdom : WORLD : SENSE : ART : VIEWpoints

Report assesses arts and humanities research

10 Jun 2010

Research in the arts and humanities deserves wider recognition for the broad range of palpable contributions it is making to the life of the nation...

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